Fraudulent credit cards seized during traffic stop

Rudenz Vidal De La Campa

Alcides Urbay

LEE COUNTY, Fla. -

A deputy arrested two men for passing counterfeit credit cards after noticing thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes in their vehicle during a traffic stop on I-75, according to Lee County Sheriff's Office reports.

According to reports, the deputy spotted a Ford Expedition traveling southbound with its high beams on.

The deputy conducted a traffic stop on the Expedition, although it drove two miles before stopping, reports said.

When the deputy spoke with the driver, Alcides Urbay, and passenger, Rudenz Vidal De La Campa, they both seemed nervous, reports said.

In the back of the vehicle, the deputy noticed three trash bags full of cartons of cigarettes.

Because of the cigarettes and because the deputy had arrested Urbay before for passing fraudulent credit cards, the deputy suspected the cigarettes were purchased with fraudulent credit cards.

During a search of the vehicle, the deputy discovered 30 fraudulent credit cards hidden throughout the vehicle in cigarette cartons, 48 gift cards and 86 cartons of cigarettes, reports said.

On Vidal De La Campa's person, another deputy discovered six newly purchased gift cards in his pocket.

Vidal De La Campa and Urbay were each charged with one count of passing counterfeit credit cards.

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